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Giving in America: A look at philanthropy’s history and a unique Candid connection

Candid

About a month ago, Candid was tagged in a social media post from someone who had visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Why is it important to this history? . Can you tell us about the Foundation Directory book

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Online Fundraising Checklist: Opportunities You Can’t Afford to Miss

sgEngage

Include personalization such as giving history, targeted donation amounts, sustainer status, and contact preferences in both your emails and online donation forms. Update your welcome series and existing emails to entice readers to click by linking to longer content, using video, quizzes, surveys, and pledges.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Nonprofits can use Dipity to create timelines that highlight their organizational history, current events, and special campaigns. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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How Text Messaging Has Revolutionized Giving

BoardAssist

The average mobile pledge fulfillment rate is 84 per cent, which is aided by SMS reminders. All attendees, participants and donors are thanked via text with a link to a personalized video; texting is a quick and easy way to thank donors for their contribution. The average donation amount per text is $167.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . Dang, she’s done a lot of Bloomerang webinars over our 10-year history and is just one of my favorite people. Make a five-year pledge for $1,000 a year.” The video alone brought us to tears.

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Crowdfunding: Can Partnering With An Internet Celebrity Make Your Campaign An Overnight Success?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ask any high school boy who likes video games who PewDiePie is and they will tell you that he is the most watched video personality on YouTube. The main focus of PewDiePie’s videos is his commentary and reactions to various video games as he plays, captured on video and shared on his YouTube Channel.

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stories surround us on the radio, in newspapers, in our music boxes, in short web videos and on large screens in movie theatres. I am a documentary filmmaker and video journalist, and I think of my work as a form of story telling and documenting. I saw for myself that history was unfolding in front of me. January 21.